St Thomas More Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 53 52.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 52.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 52.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 21.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.46 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	54.1[6]	54%[6]
2023/24	50[4]	50.5%[4]	+0.46[4]
2022/23	51.6[7]	49%[7]	+0.39[7]
2021/22	55.8[8]	58%[8]	+0.61[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 10.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	B-[10]	25.8%[10]
2022/23	B-[11]	13.9%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	8.3%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	16.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 68% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 15% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	97%[15]	67%[15]	7%[15]	20%[15]	0%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	98%[16]	75%[16]	5%[16]	16%[16]	1%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	98%[17]	66%[17]	18%[17]	12%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	96%[18]	58%[18]	11%[18]	23%[18]	2%[18]	0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[19]
Education: 84% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 8% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[20]	70%[20]	1%[20]	18%[20]
2020/21	93%[21]	78%[21]	1%[21]	14%[21]
2019/20	88%[22]	79%[22]	0%[22]	9%[22]
2018/19	92%[23]	81%[23]	1%[23]	10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 75% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	85%[26]	20%[26]
2019/20	87%[25]	14%[25]	14%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	85%[27]	14%[27]	14%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	80%[28]	20%[28]	20%[28]	0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 14 May 2024[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 2 Jul 2024[29]
Personal development: Outstanding[29]
Quality of education: Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
16 Jan 2019[30]	Exempt School Inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 534 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 195 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 182 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	593[31]	246[31]	215[31]	2.8[31]	1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024	644[31]	239[31]	184[31]	3.5[31]	1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2023	657[31]	275[31]	178[31]	3.7[31]	1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022	663[31]	253[31]	187[31]	3.5[31]	1.4[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1260[1]
Trust: THE CARDINAL HUME ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Haringey[1]
Website: www.stthomasmoreschool.org.uk [1]
District: Haringey [32]
Postcode: N22 5HN[1]
URN: 139362[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1271 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 22.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 12.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 3.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 34.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 30.2%[34]
Mixed: 10%[34]
Asian: 2.5%[34]
Black: 44.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 9.3%[34]
Unclassified: 3.7%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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